You guys do realize they use PowerVR graphics on smartphone Atoms right? And its GPA, which mainly deals with the graphics. PowerVR is used by other smartphone chip vendors too. There is no real "Intel hardware".Reply

Are you saying GPA will work on any manufacturer's SOC with PowerVR graphics or are you saying that GPA is not necessary and that all this data is available for any SOC with PowerVR graphics? If there is nothing there, why is Intel the only one who can do this?Reply

You are right, I was just saying in response to favoring vendors(and that it doesn't matter because everyone use PowerVR), but I think that was a mistake. Medfield might have hardware counters to work with GPA, I don't know.Reply

Intel is way behind everyone else in the mobile space. They are just barely starting to show up at the race. They don't have any hardware that is competitive against other SOC manufacturers. Having the best analysis software won't help them until they actually get out some decent hardware. Intel ignored this market too long. They need to start delivering soon or they will be lose all mind share in the space. Software that will analyse performance of a non-competitive SOC isn't all that much of an advantage.Reply